Wil Myers

The team with the best shot at preventing a Cubs repeat may be the one that had a great chance at beating them in last year's NL Division Series.

The only thing the 2016 Giants lacked was a lockdown bullpen, as evidenced by the five relievers who combined to blow a three-run, ninth-inning lead in Game 4 of the Cubs' clinching victory. Enter closer Mark Melancon, who signed a four-year, $62 million deal to turn a good one into a great one.

"It's just an exciting team, and they know how to win," Melancon said of the Giants. "After last year, I felt like they were going to be even hungrier, just the way things turned out (in the playoffs). When you're hungry and...

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Published in Chicago Tribune on April 02, 2017 — Print headline: "National League"

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